The Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) pushed policymakers on Monday to prioritize clean energy provisions at a proposed House-Senate conference on energy legislation.
“Stable and balanced policies and infrastructure are critical for continued growth in the power generation and ind... Read More »
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) introduced new standardized disclosure statements on Monday regarding common questions and concerns to help customers better understand solar energy costs and regulations before switching over.
“We strive to make the process of going solar as st... Read More »
Rocky Mountain Power filed a request with the Utah Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Friday to create a Renewable Energy Tariff that would allow the utility to offer renewable energy to new and expanding businesses in the state.
“The Renewable Energy Tariff is an opportunity to bring more ren... Read More »
The Indianapolis Power & Light Company (IPL), a subsidiary of the AES Corporation, announced on Thursday at the White House Summit that its award-winning Advancion Energy Storage Array is live for commercial use.
IPL made its announcement as part of the White House Summit on renewables and energy... Read More »
As part of an effort to transform how it delivers energy, DTE Energy Co. recently said that it will retire eight coal-fired generators at three coal plants in Michigan within the next seven years, while it also builds one of the largest utility-owned solar arrays east of the Mississippi River.
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SolarCity recently opened its fifth operations facility in Maryland, a 20,000-square-foot center that added to the company’s 100 open positions throughout Upper Marlboro, Annapolis and the southern region of the state.
“I had the opportunity to visit SolarCity’s Beltsville facility in 2012... Read More »
The primary challenge to growth in the solar industry is no longer related to cost, but is instead determining how to build and manage the power grid to accommodate that growth, Julia Hamm, president and CEO of the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA), recently told Daily Energy Insider.
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The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) approved the final stipulations to create a statewide community solar garden pilot program on Wednesday that will target low- and moderate-income customers to make renewable energy more accessible and affordable.
The approved regulations will be poste... Read More »
As more residential customers install rooftop solar panels to generate their own electric power, U.S. states are best positioned to regulate that growing part of the electric market, according to an official with the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC).
“It has lo... Read More »
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) announced on Tuesday that it is working with energy technology experts to create the first ever electric grid simulation tool that will be able to analyze energy innovations virtually.
NRECA is working with ProsumerGrid, Inc., on the $3... Read More »